beg-ang
/bɔgʔaŋ/

n.
molar tooth
Masakit ka beg-ang ku ne igkeen te aheley su duen e lungag.
My molar tooth is painful when I eat corn because it has already a hole in it.
Eng. molar tooth; tooth
Tag. bagáng
OCM: Ethnoanatomy (826)
DDP: Tooth (2.1.1.5), Mouth (2.1.1.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: F

v.
for a child (egbeg-angan, mig-beg-angan/imbeg-angan, agent, eg><an-) to grow their molar tooth
Eng. grow, to (molar tooth
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,AAA,RUL,RJH,QDL
Last updated: 19/Jan/2010

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